Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-31
VERONA BALDWIN.
Her Deposition Taken for
Future Use.
INTERESTING sTATEMEN rs.
Miss Baldwin Relates Her Story
of Her Wrongs and Suf-
terings.

The taking OF testimony in the case Of
Baldwin vs.. Bell was commenced yester.
day before Notary Kohler by the taking
of the deposition of Verona Baldwin. E.
J. Baldwin was represented by MIR. Van
Dyke and was present at the examina-
ton. Major Horace Bell was represent
ed by Judge King. After settling pre-
liminaries Mr.. Van Dyke objected to
the taking of the deposition on the
ground that it did not state that the wit.
mess resided out of the county and was
about to leave. Not waving the objec.
'tions the testimony was commenced.
Miss Baldwin said, in reply to ques-
'tions by Judge King: My full name is
Fanny Verona Baldwin. I know E. j.
Baldwin; have known him since April,
1879. He is my second cousin, have
every reason to believe. Resided at his
house in Santa Anita from May to Sep
tember. Went there in the com
pany of his wife. Was invited
there with the understanding that I was
to have a school. Remained there
until September.
The question as to whether Miss Bald.
win knew of any girl being seduced by
E j. Baldwin was objected to by plain.
tiff's attorney.
Miss Baldwin answered "yes." Con.
tinuing, she said: II didn't know Mr..
Baldwin's reputation as q man of lechcr-
GUS habits before went there. After l
went there people told me that such was
his character, but did not believe it
until after his treatment of me. His
reputation in that particular was bad in
Santa Anita, Los Angeles and San Fran.
cisco. His reputation as seducer of
females was bad from what people say
to me. His reputation as destroyer of
female chastity was bad. He EN-.
ployed his great wealth for that
purpose. They said he would
seduce young girls by promising to bet.
ter them in q financial manner. And
afterward he hires vile men to visit them
and destroy their character and swear
on the witness stand that they have
been intimate. had some trouble in
San Francisco with E. j. Baldwin.
Have had plenty of trouble ever since I
left in 1879. shot him in the Baldwin
Hotel on January 4. 1883. did not
aim at his back. was arrested by a
special policeman. was not allowed
to testify in court. told the reporters
there that he had used me criminally
against my wishes. also said would
not have shot him if he had let me alone
after left the ranch. did it without
malice. 1 wish to show that had rea-
son, and that was not insane. know
of E. j. Baldwin having criminal inter.
course at Santa Anita with others of his
kinswomen.
Cross. examined: am Baldwin's sec.
ond cousin. have been led to believe
that I was his second cousin from child.
hood. My father was Andrew jackson
Baldwin. I don't know what his fathers
name was. My father was E. j. Bald.
wins first cousin, 80 4. j. Baldwin told
me. He offered me the school. have
lived lately anywhere had a chance to
live peacefully. came here from Chi
cago. I was not induced to come. My
attorney had my subpoena. don't carry
my papers with me. Some one broke
open my box and took some of the papers.
NV property was kept from me by
relative who was afraid would come to
California and kill e j. Baldwin. Ie is
my own private business as to whether
any one paid my fare outhere. IfIwanted
to 60 anywhere would walk. did not
come here because E. j. Baldwin was
here. I first saw him in 1879. Since
then I have not run after him. l know
of him having seduced other people. l
saw him in intercourse with Mrs. Earl
That is the only case know of my own
knowledge. Mrs. Lawton told me she
knew of case (objected to as being
heresay). Did not try to shoot any one
but E. j. Baldwin in San Francisco. A
man attacked me once and held re.
yolver in his face to keep him at bay.
He " as the man who introduced himself
as Richard Gardner and told lady to
tell me that he was at the Baldwin Ho.
tel, He wanted me to swear that had
criminal intercourse with him. l con-
cluded that it had been done for the
purpose of compromising me. l as
saulted no other man. He came to my
room and said things did not like and
I held a revolver at him and he went
down stairs. If l attempted to throw
pepper in mans face don't remember.
0Om6 D6ODlo OpcuCu lCbVCLo Nv DuhSAoAe y
addressed to me when was carrying Il.
j. Baldwin's child. A man there opened
my letters and took money sent to me
out of them. did not assault him that
know of, but / ought to have done so.
i have lost my temper good many
times, but think some one else is to
blame for it.
Redirect examination-I saw E. j.
Baldwin in criminal intercourse with
Mrs. Earl. A number of men were on the
outside. heard Mrs. Earl's child on
the outside calling mamma and went to
the door to see where Mrs. Earl was
and opened it and saw them. 1t oc.
Cured at the Santa Anita ranch. 1t was
only by accident that l went into the
room. If I had known he was there ]
would not have gone in. A Chinamar
who was there also saw it and told the
men it was joke.
Recommendation. Sing was thu
name of the Chinaman. There wcr'
three white men. I don't remember
their names. l left just as soon afte
that as 1 could get my money. l lef
because did not want to have anything
more to do with Baldwin. Besides,
WantoC 10 20 duu SEQ "is' ."
whom I loved. left because L did no
want to stay. My sister had writer
telling me that it was not the place to
me 10 stay at.
Recess until 2 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Direct examination on another case il
the afternoon elected the following:
'Baldwin's servant made indecent re
marks to me-" said she, and I ordere,
him out of my sight. He said if l woul
treat him as we'll as I had e. j. b
would treat me as he would queen
From this Judged he thought wa
e. J.'s' mistress. I judged that h
meant that he would not tell on me if
allowed him to use me as his mistress
I ordered him out of the room. Tn
valet then intimuted 'E. j. had told hin